Girls' name · since 1881
Almedia
530 babies named Almedia in U.S. Social Security records since 1881, with the highest year being 1922. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #11,415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 530
- born since 1881
- 1920s
- peak decade
Almedia is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 530 have been recorded since 1881.
Almedia has 530 recorded births among girls since 1881, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1881 to 1978.
- #11,415 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 530 born since 1881
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Almedia ranks #11,415 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 530 born since 1881, peaking in the 1920s.
- #11,415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 530
- born since 1881
- 1920s
- peak decade
Almedia's 530 recorded births place it above 84.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Almedia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Almedia's SSA record in two at 1926 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1891, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1922 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Almedia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1881–1978
- Peak year (1922)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1978.
530 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1922 with 19 births in a single year.
Almedia by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (126 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Almedia's strongest decade.
126 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Almedia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 15
1880s
15 births
- 1890s 44
1890s
44 births
- 1900s 28
1900s
28 births
- 1910s
1910s
94 births
- 1920s
1920s
126 births
- 1930s
1930s
104 births
- 1940s
1940s
63 births
- 1950s 44
1950s
44 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 126 births (24% of all-time use).
Almedia decade highlights
- Peak decade 126 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Almedia compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Almedia's total volume
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What to do with Almedia's data
- Almedia's decade-level peak was the 1920s (126 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Almedia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~97 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1881–1978 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Almedia draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.
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